As for the comment about the drivers on court street, go to Alaska Hall and tell them to thank DR. Brown for you.

Self policing really? tell me do you know all the rush times of the areas you go an visit? Me its a rough guess but even still as I said before, if their all heading back for dinner on the ships guess what they will be in traffic with the rest of us.

I don’t see how being able to rent a car for tourists will help tourism. Show me the numbers where rental cars improved tourism?

I don’t think someone coming off a cruise ship should be able to rent cars since their stay is so short and most only come 1 time..I’ve been comin so much that my home in the States could pass for a BermudIan home

We stay at accommodations which is a private home and we have a drive way to park car. Anyhow I have a taxi/friend name Jamie Trimmingham, his family was the Trimminghams of Bermuda

I don’t see you expressing any concern about the completely inadequate 5 minute riding competency test that a tourist takes when renting a bike. Do you know what the standard lane widths are in the US, Canada, England, Ireland versus BDA or did you simply make an assumption that Bermuda roads are dramatically thinner. This data is available to you and is just a few keystrokes away. These are golf cart size vehicles…not Hummers. Lots of spare lane to go around. You’re also generalizing that speeding is common overseas. How do you support that? All foreigners are lawless and lead footed?

Bottom line is that we are currently putting tourists at risk and perpetuating the issue of being an expensive yet low value travel destination. Will a tourist at some point hit a wall in a 4 wheeler…of course they will. Do they have a better chance of walking away from that crash than they would on a scooter…good chance. Will taxi drivers lose income…its hard to say. Improve the tourism product, increase tourists travelling to the island and they might actually see more revenue. Its probably more rational to try to fill the larder than fighting over scraps.

The people who use the I taxis as a sole income unfortunately will face more competition but it will not in my opinion be detrimental in the sense that it couldn’t be committed.

A taxi like any other service industry has to remain competitive and perhaps a eeview of the industry as a whole shoal have been conducted in addition to a limit on the amount of taxis there are and a constant revive of the operator’s rhemselves as I am usr that whomever is responsible for taxi operators doesn’t frequent church street to see the calibre of drivers up there if that is the litmus of the industry……

most of the tourists are old and a lot of accident are caused by old folks.
road rage can go up.

how would gas prices be affected (may be a good thing)
may make a market for used electric car on island (may be a good thing)

my point is it has to be well thought out.

what is a good day, what is a bad day and what is an average day.

How many traffic jams have been caused by a tourist decking out on a bike. Those traffic delays are no doubt much longer as we have to wait for either an ambulance or the coroner to arrive on scene. How is a tourist in a 4 wheeler at 8:30AM going to make traffic any worse than a tourist on a scooter at 8:30AM? The logic of this argument defies me. The video circulating of the tourist dropping her bike twice on Harbour Road in a span of 3 minutes should send a clear message to us all and is no joke.

For those who say…but these tourists are not familiar to our roads…that is utterly ridiculous! They need to be licensed drivers somewhere. How about if someone says that to us the next time we travel overseas…Oh…you’re Bermudian…sorry we cannot rent you a car…you are not used to driving on our freeways or on the right hand side of the road. I can only imagine the protestations.

I applaud those who are pursuing forward movement on some of these grossly overdue issues. I don’t care what party you are affiliated with as long as you represent the people, build for our future and do your job responsibly and with integrity. Michael Fahy is addressing some sensitive issues. This may not make him popular with some, however I personally admire his conviction. We cannot continue to express concerns about unemployment and the lack of opportunities yet continue to do things as we did yesterday. That is a choice however and if we chose to stagnate then we must be willing to live with the consequences. Hopefully those who are feeling the pinch the most are having their voices heard.

And to alleviate your concerns I imagine if you rented one of these you would also have to pay for insurance coverage for the time you have it just as you have to when you rent a car in another country.

The people who use the I taxis as a sole income unfortunately will face more competition but it will not in my opinion be detrimental in the sense that it couldn’t be committed.

A taxi like any other service industry has to remain competitive and perhaps a eeview of the industry as a whole shoal have been conducted in addition to a limit on the amount of taxis there are and a constant revive of the operator’s rhemselves as I am usr that whomever is responsible for taxi operators doesn’t frequent church street to see the calibre of drivers up there if that is the litmus of the industry……

Well that would be the insurance that is mandated to be bought prior to renting.

I swear some complain just hear to themselves speak.

But going off your logic Bermudians should be prohibited from driving anywhere else on the world as they drive faster than us, have different road structures (i.e. exits, on-ramps, off-ramps, highways, freeways etc.) as well as driving on the right hand side of the road.

How would you like that?

Where was your concern on others ‘livelihoods?’

So I will say you didn’t care back then about others ‘livelihoods’ and you don’t care now.

It is simply the Party who is introducing the amendment that irks you.

If a family of four has to rent two of the mini cars, then they take up two car spaces. Renting one small size car would mean they only take up one space.